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Once the arrow has left the bowstring, it has no power to come back. The moon's brightness shines, revealing the night traveller.
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Yuanwu Keqin (The Blue Cliff Record)
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A twelfth-century teacher of Ch’an—the Chinese precursor of Zen—named Yuan-Wu said: “It is like coming across a light in thick darkness; it is like receiving treasure in poverty…. You gain an illuminating insight into the very nature of things…. Here is shown bare the most beautiful landscape of your birthplace.
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Steve Kanji Ruhl (Appalachian Zen: Journeys in Search of True Home, from the American Heartland to the Buddha Dharma)